Erin McDermott
Erin studied at Otago Polytechnic School of Fine Art and was awarded
Southlands Young Contemporary Award for her paintings.
Her passion for fishing and the outdoors was instilled by her fly-fishing
father who would regularly let her off school to accompany him on
fishing excursions to the rivers of Southland and Fiordland.
Erin lives in Queenstown, still guides occassionaly and is on the
executive committee for New Zealand Fresh Water Anglers.
Recent commissions have ranged in price from NZ$600.00 - NZ$1500.00 |
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Erin
paints to your brief
Tell her your experience
or supply a photo and
she will capture this
for you in oils. Erin
also does “trophy
paintings” where
the fish is life size
on canvas. A measurement
of body height,
length, and tail width
is required before releasing
the fish and a side
on photo. where the
fish was caught
and what type of day
aids mood and atmosphere. |
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On her approach
to painting
Erin says: Trout are well known for the way they adapt to become
part of the river or lake in which they live - but the thing that
always amazes me is how each fish also fits in perfectly to the
environment outside of the water.
This is what i try to portray in my paintings - a territorial brown
cruising over a South Otago valley - a high country rainbow racing
through a backdrop of tumbling rocks and tussock. |
